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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date CameroonOmanCongo - Kinshasa
15,4832,34851,181
15,9132,40352,782
16,3542,45754,453
16,8152,51056,170
17,2892,56257,860
17,7642,61359,599
18,2492,66361,474
18,7462,71363,479
19,2782,76465,590
19,8432,81667,800
20,4192,87170,114
21,0022,92872,550
21,5862,98675,138
22,1813,04777,792
22,8003,11080,534
23,5133,17483,368
24,2733,24086,229
24,9953,30789,193
25,6803,37592,209
26,3733,44495,232
27,1143,51298,320
27,8783,582101,499
28,6633,651104,767
29,4173,696108,171

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

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GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

No separate list is published for Cameroon, Oman, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.